Measuring the Full Extent of Fiscal Losses and Gains

Current measures of fiscal impoverishment and gains are not consistent with the law of diminishing returns. This paper proposes new measures of fiscal impoverishment and gains that are consistent with the law of diminishing returns, based on a meth...

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Main Authors:	Coulibaly, Mohamed, Sanoh, Aly
Format:	Working Paper
Language:	English
Published:	World Bank, Washington, DC 2019
Subjects:	FISCAL IMPOVERISHMENT FISCAL GAINS FISCAL LOSSES WELFARE DIMINISHING RETURNS INCOME DISTRIBUTION HOUSEHOLD CONSUMPTION FISCAL POLICY
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/529981560446527788/Measuring-the-Full-Extent-of-Fiscal-Losses-and-Gains http://hdl.handle.net/10986/31876

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spelling	okr-10986-318762022-05-21T06:14:54Z Measuring the Full Extent of Fiscal Losses and Gains Coulibaly, Mohamed Sanoh, Aly FISCAL IMPOVERISHMENT FISCAL GAINS FISCAL LOSSES WELFARE DIMINISHING RETURNS INCOME DISTRIBUTION HOUSEHOLD CONSUMPTION FISCAL POLICY Current measures of fiscal impoverishment and gains are not consistent with the law of diminishing returns. This paper proposes new measures of fiscal impoverishment and gains that are consistent with the law of diminishing returns, based on a methodology that gives more significance to greater income gaps, and more importance to the experience of the poorest individuals within the fiscal system. The new indicators are decomposable and cover the incidence, intensity, and severity of fiscal impoverishment and gains. An empirical illustration using the 2014 household consumption data reveals that, overall, in Niger the fiscal system is improving the welfare of the population: only 33.2 percent of the population has become poorer due to the fiscal system, while the remaining 66.8 percent has become richer because of it. Moreover, the mean relative fiscal loss (0.014), is 11 percent lower than the mean relative fiscal gain (0.126). 2019-06-13T21:34:35Z 2019-06-13T21:34:35Z 2019-06 Working Paper http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/529981560446527788/Measuring-the-Full-Extent-of-Fiscal-Losses-and-Gains http://hdl.handle.net/10986/31876 English Policy Research Working Paper;No. 8886 CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo World Bank World Bank, Washington, DC Publications & Research Publications & Research :: Policy Research Working Paper Africa Niger
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topic	FISCAL IMPOVERISHMENT FISCAL GAINS FISCAL LOSSES WELFARE DIMINISHING RETURNS INCOME DISTRIBUTION HOUSEHOLD CONSUMPTION FISCAL POLICY
spellingShingle	FISCAL IMPOVERISHMENT FISCAL GAINS FISCAL LOSSES WELFARE DIMINISHING RETURNS INCOME DISTRIBUTION HOUSEHOLD CONSUMPTION FISCAL POLICY Coulibaly, Mohamed Sanoh, Aly Measuring the Full Extent of Fiscal Losses and Gains
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description	Current measures of fiscal impoverishment and gains are not consistent with the law of diminishing returns. This paper proposes new measures of fiscal impoverishment and gains that are consistent with the law of diminishing returns, based on a methodology that gives more significance to greater income gaps, and more importance to the experience of the poorest individuals within the fiscal system. The new indicators are decomposable and cover the incidence, intensity, and severity of fiscal impoverishment and gains. An empirical illustration using the 2014 household consumption data reveals that, overall, in Niger the fiscal system is improving the welfare of the population: only 33.2 percent of the population has become poorer due to the fiscal system, while the remaining 66.8 percent has become richer because of it. Moreover, the mean relative fiscal loss (0.014), is 11 percent lower than the mean relative fiscal gain (0.126).
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author	Coulibaly, Mohamed Sanoh, Aly
author_facet	Coulibaly, Mohamed Sanoh, Aly
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title	Measuring the Full Extent of Fiscal Losses and Gains
title_short	Measuring the Full Extent of Fiscal Losses and Gains
title_full	Measuring the Full Extent of Fiscal Losses and Gains
title_fullStr	Measuring the Full Extent of Fiscal Losses and Gains
title_full_unstemmed	Measuring the Full Extent of Fiscal Losses and Gains
title_sort	measuring the full extent of fiscal losses and gains
publisher	World Bank, Washington, DC
publishDate	2019
url	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/529981560446527788/Measuring-the-Full-Extent-of-Fiscal-Losses-and-Gains http://hdl.handle.net/10986/31876
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